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This section needs dating middle eastern women citations for verification. Many Palestinian keffiyehs are a mix of cotton and wool, which facilitates quick drying and, when desired, keeping the wearer’s head warm. Some wearers wrap the keffiyeh into a turban, while others wear it loosely draped around the back and shoulders. In Jordan, the red-and-white keffiyeh is strongly associated with the country and its heritage, where it is known as the shemagh mhadab.

In Egypt, the keffiyeh and the agal is worn by Bedouins specially in the Sinai Peninsula. It is also sometimes tied into a turban in varying styles. In Yemen, the keffiyeh is used extensively in both red-white and black-white pattern and in some traditional Yemeni designs and colours. The shemagh is part of an ancient Middle Eastern headgear tradition. In Malaysia, the keffiyeh has been worn by Muslim women as part of hijab fashion and during the Palestinian struggle against Israel. Many Malaysians wore it to show solidarity for Palestine. In Turkey it was forbidden to wear a Keffiyeh because it was seen as evidence of support of the PKK.

The keffiyeh, especially the all-white keffiyeh, is also known as the ghutrah. This is particularly common in the Arabian Peninsula, where the optional skullcap is called a keffiyeh. The garment is also known in some areas as the ḥaṭṭah. Saudi Arabians, Emiratis, Jordanians, and Iraqis. A traditional scarf in Iran, originally from the Yazd region of Iran. A style of Keffiyeh that originated in Iran, based on the Iranian Dastmaal Yazdi with influences from the Palestinian Keffiyeh. Often worn by Shi’a Muslims in Iran as well as Iraq and Lebanon to express support for Shi’a Political parties.